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Lesson and objective Grammar Vocabulary Pronunciation Everyday English

Unit 1 talk
Getting started Talk about communication
1A Talk about different forms of Subject and object Communication Sound and spelling: /ɪ/ and /iː/
communication questions
1B Describe experiences in the Present simple and Gradable and Sentence stress: gradable and
present present continuous extreme adjectives extreme adjectives
1C Give and respond to opinions     Word groups Giving and
responding to
opinions
1D Write a guide    

Review and extension More practice WORDPOWER yourself

Unit 2 Modern life
Getting started Talk about the workplace
2A Talk about experiences of work Present perfect simple Work Present perfect and past simple: I’ve
and training and past simple worked / I worked
2B Talk about technology Present perfect simple Technology Sentence stress: main verb /
and present perfect auxiliary verb
continuous
2C Make and respond to suggestions     Sentence stress Making and
responding to
suggestions
2D Write an email giving news    

Review and extension More practice WORDPOWER look

Unit 3 Relationships
Getting started Talk about relationships
3A Talk about a friendship Narrative tenses Relationships Linking sounds

3B Talk about families used to, usually Family; Multi-word Sentence stress: multi-word verbs
verbs
3C Tell a story     Stress in word groups Telling a story

3D Write about someone’s life    

Review and extension More practice WORDPOWER have

Unit 4 Personality
Getting started Talk about people
4A Describe people and their abilities Modals and phrases of Ability Stress in modal verbs
ability

4B Describe feelings Articles -ed / -ing Sound and spelling: final -ed in
adjectives; adjectives
Personality
adjectives
4C Offer and ask for help     Intonation in question tags Offering and asking
for help
4D Write an informal online advert    

Review and extension More practice WORDPOWER so and such

Unit 5 the natural world
Getting started Talk about endangered animals
5A Talk about the future Future forms Environmental Sound and spelling: a
issues
5B Talk about if and when Zero conditional and The natural world Consonant clusters
first conditional
5C Give reasons, results and     Voiced and unvoiced consonants Giving reasons,
examples results and examples
5D Write a discussion essay    

Review and extension More practice WORDPOWER problem

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Listening and Video
A talk: communicating across the
generations
At the flower shop
Conversation: learning vocabulary
Radio report: likeability
A problem
Conversation: life changes
Two monologues: being a twin
A mistake
Conversation: grandparents
Radio programme: successful
people
Asking for help
Three monologues: websites
Conversation: an environmental
project
Interview: inventions inspired by
nature
Talking about possible jobs
Monologue: rescuing whales
Reading
Article: How do you
communicate?
Article: Can you really learn a
language in 22 hours?
Article: What kind of learner
are you?
Article: Not the best interview
I’ve ever had!
Article: What’s your favourite
app?
An email about a new job
Film review: ‘Untouchable’ –
the true story of an unlikely
friendship
An email about how
grandparents met
Article: What happens to
talented children when they
grow up?
Article: Why the world needs
introverts
Three online adverts
Web page: The Whitley Fund
for Nature
Article: Animals have adapted The best place to experience natural
to survive everywhere
An essay about water pollution A quiz about whales
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Speaking Writing
Things you have done recently
Learning a foreign language
Giving and responding to opinions; Unit Progress Test
Using me too, me neither
Ways of learning vocabulary A guide
Introducing a purpose; Referring
pronouns
Work-related experiences
Interviewing classmates about
technology
Making and responding to Unit Progress Test
suggestions; Sounding sympathetic
or pleased
Life changes An informal email
Adding new information
The story of a friendship
Family traditions
Reacting to what people say; Telling Unit Progress Test
a story
A member of your family A biography
Describing time
Becoming successful at something
A time when you experienced strong
feelings
Question tags; Offering and asking Unit Progress Test
for help
Using the internet to buy and sell An informal online advert
things The language of adverts
Predictions about the future
beauty
Reasons, results and examples; Unit Progress Test
Giving yourself time to think
A discussion essay
Organising an essay;
Signposting language
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Lesson and objective Grammar Vocabulary Pronunciation Everyday English
Unit 6  Different cultures
Getting started  Talk about different cultures
6A Talk about advice and rules Modals of obligation Compound nouns; Word stress: compound nouns
Multi-word verbs
6B Describe food Comparatives and Describing food Sound and spelling: /ʃ/ and /tʃ/
superlatives
6C Ask for and give   Sounding interested Asking for and giving
recommendations recommendations

6D Write a review of a restaurant    

or café

Review and extension  More practice Wordpower go

Unit 7  House and home
Getting started  Talk about ideal houses
7A Describe a building Modals of deduction Buildings Modal verbs: sounding the final
t or d
7B Describe a town or city Quantifiers Verbs and Sentence stress: verbs and
prepositions prepositions
7C Make offers and ask for     Sounding polite Making offers and
permission asking for permission

7D Write a note with useful    

information
Review and extension  More practice Wordpower over
Unit 8 Information
Getting started  Talk about an interesting news story
8A Talk about the news Reported speech The news Sound and spelling: /g/ and /k/
8B Talk about what other people say Verb patterns Shopping; Sound and spelling: /s/ and /z/
Reporting verbs
8C Generalise and be vague     Sound and spelling: /h/ and /w/ Generalising and
being vague
8D Write an email summary of    
a news story
Review and extension  More practice Wordpower in/on + noun
Unit 9 Entertainment
Getting started  Talk about street entertainers
9A Talk about films and TV The passive Cinema and TV Auxiliary verbs in passive
sentences

9B Give extra information Defining and non- Music; Word- Relative clauses: pausing;
defining relative clauses building (nouns) Word stress

9C Recommend and respond to     Showing contrast Recommending and

recommendations responding
9D Write an article    

Review and extension  More practice Wordpower see, look at, watch, hear, listen to
Unit 10 Opportunities
Getting started  Talk about different kinds of opportunities
10A Talk about new things you would Second conditional Sport; Adjectives Sentence stress: would
like to do and prepositions
10B Talk about imagined past events Third conditional Expressions with Sentence stress: would and have
do, make and take
10C Talk about possible problems and     Sounding sure and unsure Talking about possible
reassure someone problems and
reassuring someone
10D Write an email with advice    

Review and extension  More practice Wordpower Easily confused words

Communication Plus  p.127 Grammar Focus  p.132 Vocabulary Focus  p.152

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Listening and Video
Conversation: a TV programme
Monologue: vending machines in
Japan
Planning to get married
Three monologues: special
occasions
Conversation: comparing life in a
town and a city
Meeting the parents
Conversation: a holiday in Florida
Conversation: a fake restaurant
Giving good news
Monologue: a news story
Radio discussion: CGI in films
Three monologues: music
experiences
Planning an evening out
Two monologues: live music
Conversation: trying new sports
Making a marriage proposal
Monologue: volunteering
Audioscripts p.162
Reading
Article: The Toughest Place to
be a …
Blog: Hungry adventures
Reviews of a café
Web page: A more personal
place to stay
Five reasons why small towns
are better than cities
Making offers, requests and asking
for permission; Imagining people’s
feelings
Article: Top five things to do … A recent holiday
in and around Miami; A note
Article: Everyone’s a journalist
A news story
Article: Film-making has
changed a lot in the last 100
years – or has it … ?
Article: The three best music
festivals you’ve probably never
heard of
A blog about staying at home
Article: Searching for
serendipity
A web page about
volunteering; Emails giving
advice
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Speaking Writing
Advice about living in another
country
Describing a special meal
Asking for and giving Unit Progress Test
recommendations; Sounding
interested
Places to go out Two reviews
Positive and negative language;
adverbs
Describing buildings
Talking about where you live
Unit Progress Test
A note with useful information
Offering choices
A news website
Describing experiences using
reporting verbs
Generalising; Being vague Unit Progress Test
Air travel An email about a news story
Summarising information
Recommending a film or TV show
A music experience
Recommending and responding; Unit Progress Test
Asking someone to wait
Live music An article about a form of entertainment
Contrasting ideas; The structure of an
article
Taking new opportunities
A past event that made life better
Talking about possible problems and Unit Progress Test
reassuring someone; Changing the
subject
Volunteering An email with advice
Advising someone a course of action
Phonemic symbols and Irregular verbs p.174